Iris West
Back to Supporting Main > Iris WestReal Identity: Iris Ann Russell West
Affiliation(s): Picture News
Skills: Journalism
Voiced By: Vicki Lewis
A graduate of Columbia University, Iris West is an investigative reporter for the Central City-based Picture News. In 1956, she interviewed the forensics scientist that survived a lightning bolt strike, Barry Allen. The two instantly fell in love and started seeing each other.
While on assignment in Las Vegas, West was part of a group taken hostage by Captain Cold. She was knocked unconscious when Cold used his Icer gun on her. Unfortunately for him, she was talking to Barry Allen. The Flash raced to Vegas, thawed out West, located several cyrogenic bombs and defeated Cold. After the Flash announced his retirement, West realized that Allen and the Flash were the same man. She urged him to take part in the battle against the Centre.